As a Mentor your job is to be a professional advocate for ADL and a spiritualleader.You are to encourage your students to take ADL Certified Classes, the Doctorate Program (eligible to enroll after completing the internship) and to attend National Conferences. It is not acceptable to promote money-making, personal business (healing or otherwise) and/or multi-level marketing endeavors such as vitamins, cleaning materials, household goods,candles, money pyramids or friendly circles, etc. They are not part of ADL.

Provide a safe environment for self-discovery.Mentors do not indoctrinate or force their point of view. Your role as a mentor is to help guide your students and gently open doors to new vistas of consciousness. Create a learning environment for your students to experience thedepths of their being toward spiritual growth and deep self-knowledge.

As soon as possible and at least one week prior to the first day of teaching class,submit Course Syllabus and Lesson Plans to the National Headquarters.The Course Syllabus outlines how your class is structured, whether you are teaching by live class, Skype or phone. Include one lesson plan example from each ADL book. This is a one-page syllabus and with a minimum of three specific lesson plans, one from each book.A sample of a course syllabus and lesson plan formats are on pages A-7 and A-8.

If you haven’t done so, submit a copy of your IRS notice with your ADL EIN number to theAdministrative Offices. It is mandatory to have this IRS notice onfile with our National Office in your professional files. (Ministers can contact 828-388-2102 to see if a copy is available to duplicate.​If the office does not have a copy, you can contact the IRS for one.

Schedule a minimum of 35 contact hours with your students.

Course material taught during the 35 hours will be from ADL books: EverCloser, Even Closer and Ministerial Lessons.It is important to teach the lessons in book order and to emphasize at all times the concept of the Greatest Degree of Love. Supportive material can be used as enrichment to supplement the books but not to supplant the core principles. Supplemental material, songs, meditations or prayers, should not exceed 10% of class time.If you are an expert in a special area, these specialty subjects will occur apart from the ministerial class.These subjects are not to be part of the ADL Ministerial Training or required for ordination.

Attendance at the ADL annual conference is strongly encouraged to maintain your connections to ADL, other ministers, Board of Trustee members and other mentors. It is important to stay connected, as you are an official representative of The Alliance of Divine Love, Inc.There will be training for mentors at the annual conference.